File consists of photographs, most of which were likely taken by Martha and her friends, documenting aspects of her time as a student at the Ontario Ladies' College in Whitby. Includes mostly snapshots of Martha's friends and roommates taken at the college on the grounds and in their dorm rooms. File also includes a two studio portraits.
Mostly groups of girls having fun e.g. 'pillow fight,' etc.; sweet photo of the 4 roommates (Martha, Ella, Lucy Edkins, Zella Dexter).
Photograph of (left to right) John S., Ella, Lydia and Martha Anthes together in a yard. Lydia is seated, surrounded by the others who are seen standing.
File consists of the book by R.A. Torrey, The Gist of the Lesson : A Concise Exposition of the International Sunday School Lessons for the Year 1902. Includes manuscript notes throughout by Talmon Henry Rieder. Enclosure: delegate ribbon for Y.M.C.A. convention, Brantford, 1898.
Photograph taken on the way to Penetanguishene from Berlin, of women and children resting on a beach and in horse-drawn buggy. Carrie Breithaupt is seen standing with three children, including John Edward Breithaupt, standing at left. The adults seated in the carriage are likely (left to right) Martha and Louisa Anthes.
File consists of snapshots probably taken by Martha Rieder on a trip she took to Niagara on September 1, 1898 from Toronto on the S.S. Chippewa with her uncle and aunt [Anthes?], Irene [cousin?] and Ella Anthes Cook. Includes snapshots of Niagara Falls, Brock's monument, some of the party having a picnic, and other scenes from the trip.
File consists of the diary of Martha Rieder covering the period from April 25, 1898, to July 11, 1899. Diary was kept in ink and pencil in an unlined notebook, and the author has dated the entries and separated them with a horizontal line. Enclosures: cutout of three roses, invitation.
File consists of two ms. descriptions of land prepared by Herbert J. Bowman (Ontario Land Survey). One describes Lots 2 and 3 on the south side of Ahrens street in David Weber's survey of the Town of Berlin, and is marked "sold to G. Schlee." One describes Lots 1 and 2 south of Ahrens Street in the same survey, and is marked "to J.I. Frank Anthes."
File consists of mounted snapshots taken at Bayview, the cottage of Louis Jacob Breithaupt, near Penetanguishene. Includes snapshots of the cottage and people on the lawn of the cottage, people canoeing, and a boat house labelled as "the ark." File also includes a group photograph taken on the lawn outside the cottage. Some photographs probably taken by Martha Rieder.
Upper body studio portrait of Lydia Louisa Anthes and Marie [?]. Louisa is seen looking off camera, while Marie is looking directly at it. Both are dressed in high-collared dresses with leg of mutton sleeves.
Studio portrait of Leona Hoffman seen looking at the camera and seated in a wicker chair. She is wearing a hat and a high-collar dress with slight leg of mutton sleeves.
Photograph of (left to right) Louisa, Ella and J.I. Frank Anthes seated and kneeling in a tree filled yard. Louisa is seated with Ella kneeling at her side. Both are seen looking at the camera. Frank is seated at right using an instrument on Louisa's upturned hand [possibly reading her palm?]. Frank is dressed in a suit and bowler hat and Lydia and Ella are wearing high-collared dresses with leg of mutton sleeves.
Photograph of (left to right) Ella and Louisa Anthes seated in a tree filled yard. Ella is seated in a wicker chair with Louisa Anthes perched on the side of the chair. Both are seen looking at camera.
File consists of three photographs of the John S. Anthes home at 44 Weber Street in Berlin (Kitchener). Two photographs are mounted. Includes one duplicate photograph.
Photograph of (left to right) May Wing, Martha Rieder, Emma Ratz Kaufman, and Ella Cook posed for the camera wearing hats and holding picnic baskets. The group is seen in front of a vine covered backdrop.
File consists of two different portraits of John S. and Lydia Anthes and their children and grandchildren. Verso of one photograph contains identification.
Nine mounted snapshots of the family of John S. and Lydia Anthes. Includes photographs of Martha Rieder and Ella Anthes Cook, Ella Anthes Cook and Louisa Breithaupt, J.I. Frank Anthes with Ella and Louisa, John. S. and Lydia Anthes with Louisa and Martha, and John S. Anthes. Some of the photographs were probably taken by Martha with her camera.
Two copies of an photograph of Ella and Martha Anthes standing arm in arm in a yard, next to a wicker chair with a Union Jack affixed to it. Both are wearing white dresses and seen looking at the camera.
Photograph of J.I. Frank and Lydia Anthes standing in a yard. Frank, dressed in a suit and bowler hat, is blowing on a [dandelion?] as Lydia, wearing a high-collared dress with leg of mutton sleeves, looks on.
Three copies of a photograph of Ella Anthes seated in a wicker chair, looking at the camera, and Martha Anthes looking down at her from behind the chair. The pair is seen posed in a tree-filled yard with a display of flowers to their left.
Photograph of Martha and Ella Anthes standing arm in arm in a tree line yard. Both are wearing white dresses and seen from the waist up, looking at the camera.
Photograph of (left to right) May Wing, Martha Rieder, Emma Ratz Kaufman, and Ella Cook posed for the camera wearing hats and holding picnic baskets. The group is seen seated in front of a vine covered backdrop.
File consists of a scrapbook kept by Ella Anthes Cook. Includes manuscript poems, proverbs, and facts, and newspaper clippings (mainly poems and general humour and knoweldge). Some items are loose between pages. Many pages are blank.
File consists of mounted studio portraits of friends (as well as cousins?) of Martha and Ella, predominantly from their time at the Ontario Ladies' College in Whitby. Photographs have inscriptions on verso, most addressed to Martha and some to Ella. Most of the girls and women are identified on verso. Duplicates may be present.
File consists of mounted miscellaneous snapshots accumulated by Martha Rieder, most of them also probably taken by her. Includes snapshots of Martha and her family and friends, including her daughter Margaret and nieces and nephews; Talmon Henry Rieder is also present in some photographs. Includes snapshots taken at Penetanguishene, at picnics, at a factory, part of a May 24 procession, and other subjects.
Fully length studio portrait of an unidentified child looking toward camera with right hand resting on the arm of a chair positioned at back. Their right ankle is crossed in front of the left and they are holding a rolled up document in their left hand.
File consists of share certificates kept by the Anthes family. Includes certificates for shares owned by John S. Anthes in the Berlin and Bridgeport Electric Street Railway Company (1) and the Berlin and Waterloo Street Railway Company (3); and certificates for shares owned by H. Milton Cook in Upper Canada Mines Ltd. (2), Malartic Gold Fields Ltd. (2), Triad Oil Co. Ltd. (1), Canadian Astoria Minerals Ltd. (1), and Canadian Atlantic Oil Co. Ltd. (1).
Also present are two letters, a memorandum, and manuscript notes regarding the shares. File also includes an manuscript list entitled "Anthes strong box contents," which includes the share certificates as well as documents relating to property transactions.
Full length studio portrait of two unidentified adults seen looking at camera. One is wearing a floor length white dress and the other is seated in a high-based armchair at right.
File consists of a notebook containing notes by Martha Rieder at conventions of the Canada Conference Evangelical Association's Young People's Alliance, including meetings in Berlin, Tavistock, Listowel, and Hespeler.
File consists of the diary of Martha Rieder covering the period from March 1, 1895, to April 24, 1898. Diary was kept in ink and pencil in an unlined notebook, and the author has dated the entries and separated them with a horizontal line. Note after last entry: "Finis 1st book, continued in Book No. II."
File consists of an autograph album. Includes notes and quotations from school friends. Includes signature of Mabel Dunham. File also includes a letter from Ella to her father.
File consists of five letters received by Martha Rieder from family members and friends. Some envelopes are included; stamps have been removed. Also present is an empty envelope. Includes letter from J.I. Frank Anthes on Anthes Mfg. Co. of Berlin letterhead and company envelope.
File consists of miniature portraits of Martha, Ella, and Louisa Anthes and their friends and [cousins?], including Louise McEwen; J.E. Breithaupt; Peg [last name unknown]; Laurie, Lou and Emma Anthes and Lemar and Carrie Strawser; Zella Dexter McDonald; Alvin R. Kaufman; Emma Kaufman; and other unidentified individuals.
File consists of a class portrait. Martha Rieder is seated in the second row from the bottom, third from right. Ella Anthes is seated second from left, at front.
File consists of mounted photographs relating to Martha Rieder's involvement at her church. Includes a group portrait of the first officers of the Junior Young People's Alliance (including Rev. J.G. Litt, and Martha as secretary), a snapshot of Martha's Sunday School class at the Grand River, snapshots of picnics of the Junior Young People's Alliance, and snapshots of Martha with her sisters and friends dressed in costume for church play, "In want of a servant."
File consists of five letters received by John S. and Lydia Anthes from Louisa Anthes Breithaupt. One letter is addressed to "mother and Ella" and two to "mother."
File consists of sundry ephemera. Includes: mounted prints of paintings of women probably from a souvenir booklet (Sistine Madonna by Raphael, etc.), colour illustrations, pamphlets and brochures, flyers from the Ontario Women's Christian Temerance Union, a pin, a pocket calendar, a wedding announcement (Vincent Bennett and Catherine Olive Breithaupt), and other material. Includes pamphlet "Home Secrets," and three issues of "The Little Monthly" (New York: The Little Company): vol. 3 no. 2 (Nov., 1893) and vol. 4, no. 1 and 2 (Jan. and Feb., 1894).
Studio portrait of (seated, left to right) Louise McEwen, and Ella and Martha Anthes with two unidentified friends. The group is dressed for cool weather and posed against a winter backdrop.
File consists of invitations received by Martha Rieder to weddings, anniversaries, and other events. Includes invitations to weddings of some of her sisters and children and her own wedding invitation, as well as newspaper clippings about some of the weddings. Also present is an invitation received by Margaret Paisley to the wedding of her aunt Louisa Breithaupt. Duplicate invitations are present.
File consists of The Prize Winner (vol. 1, no. 3), a monthly published in Waterloo by The Prize Winner Publishing Co. The journal describes itself as "a journal of choice literature, devoted to the improvement and amusement of the family circle." Contains a write-up about the wedding of John C. Breithaupt and Caroline (Carrie) Anthes.
Mounted photograph of employees casually standing at the front and side of the Anthes Manufacturing Company factory. Looking at the camera, most are wearing hats, some with hands at hips or in pockets.
File consists of mounted snapshots taken in Penetanguishene, probably by Martha and Ella Anthes. Includes snapshots of people on a beach, a cottage, loads of bark on a dock and a boat, people resting from travelling, hiking, etc.
Series consists of correspondence received by Martha Rieder over the course of her life. Includes letters, telegrams, postcards, and invitations from family and friends, including correspondence from her husband Talmon Henry Rieder. Series includes sympathy letters received by Martha upon the death of Talmon.
File consists of a keepsake box and sewing kit received by Martha Rieder for Christmas, 1892, from John and Carrie Breithaupt. Box is red velvet with a painting of two birds on the top (painting cracked and flaking off in some places). Contents of the box include:
2 trinkets (birch bark canoe, souvenir of [?] tower),
small paper fan with painting of matador and bull,
mother of pearl bottle with decorative metal trim and cork stopper (scent flask?),
clam shells attached with metal hinges and painted with flowers (souveinr of Niagara Falls [?]; paint flaking off; containing some type of fragrant material?),
red velvet coin purse with leather interior containing a miniature pocket knife and coins (5 cents Canadian 1902, 5 cents US 1895, 25 cents US 1895).
Box also contains ms. note: "Martha M. Anthes, Christmas 1892, from Carrie and John."
File consists of invitations received by Martha Rieder to weddings, anniversaries, and other events. Includes invitations to weddings of some of her sisters and children and her own wedding invitation, as well as newspaper clippings about some of the weddings. Also present is an invitation received by Margaret Paisley to the wedding of her aunt Louisa Breithaupt. Duplicate invitations are present.
Series consists of material created and accumulated by Talmon Henry Rieder relating to his personal life and his career, as well as material accumulated by Martha Rieder during the process of settling Talmon's estate. Material relating to Talmon's career pertains to his involvement in the Canadian Consolidated Rubber Company, Canadian Consolidated Felt Company, and Ames Holden McCready, as well as with the Westmount Improvement Company.
Series contains material relating to the construction of the Rieder house at 610 Belmont Avenue, Montreal; the vulcanization of rubber; the formation of the felt syndicate; and Talmon's property in Calgary. Includes:
incoming and outgoing correspondence;
agreements and other legal documents;
diaries;
ephemera;
life insurace applications and policies;
company newsletters (Foot-prints and The Dominion from the Canadian Consolidated Rubber Company, and From the Ground Up from Ames Holden McCready);
membership cards, certificates, and other personal documents;
Mounted photograph of employees standing in a row, posed for the camera, at the side front of the Anthes Manufacturing Company building under a painted sign that reads: "The Anthes Mfg. Co. of Berlin. Limited." J.I. Frank Anthes is visible standing in a doorway behind the employees at right.
File consists of the diary of Martha Rieder covering the period from January 6, 1891, to May 18, 1891. Diary was kept in pencil in a printed pocket almanac and diary. Includes an entry dated 1893. Most pages are blank.
File consists of cards accumulated by Martha Rieder announcing the deaths and funerals of family members and friends. Several empty envelopes are also present.
File consists of 12 letters received by John S. and Lydia Anthes from Martha Rieder; some letters also contain notes from Ella Anthes Cook and Louisa Anthes Breithaupt. Also includes one letter from Martha to Louisa.
Photograph of the exterior of a corner of the Anthes Manufacturing Company of Berlin seen from across a dirt road. Clusters of trees are visible next to the building and at right in what may be an adjoining lot.
File consists of an album compiled by Ella Anthes Cook, and including some additions probably by Martha Rieder. Includes snapshots of family members and friends and snapshots taken on Ella's trip to Europe, around Ontario, at Felsheim, and on her honeymoon. Includes a family photograph taken at Talmon Henry Rieder's 40th birthday, a snapshot taken when Earl Grey visited Berlin, a snapshot taken at the unveiling of Queen Victoria's monument at Victoria Park, and a photograph by Denton of the interior of Zion Evangelical Church.
Photograph of a large windmill in a grassy field with a wooden fence and dirty road in foreground. Photograph is a sample produced by the Eastman Kodak Company showing the quality and size of picture made with the Bullet and Bulls-Eye cameras.
